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Culture

Is our obsession with true-crime changing the process of investigative work?

by Lucy Pugh You donÔÇÖt have to look far to see how stories of true crime are all over our TV screens. Usually, the focus is on the most gruesome, bizarre and grisly narratives imaginable and on the most heinous of all criminal acts: murder. Netflix has brought us the likes of Making a Murderer, Evil Genius, The Ted Bundy Tapes and most recently, The … Continue reading Is our obsession with true-crime changing the process of investigative work?

Jasmine Snow
The Act of Killing
Film & TV

Reel Life

The UK has gone from having only four documentary feature films released in cinemas in 2001 to 89 by 2013. With screenings of feature-length documentaries in mainstream cinemas rising in popularity, Sadia Pineda Hameed asks what attracts us to the dramas of reality. Why is it so exciting, humorous and mildly tragic to watch Hands on a Hard Body, a documentary about an endurance competition … Continue reading Reel Life

Sadia Pineda Hameed